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by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905)
Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Language: German (Deutsch)
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, [Nur]1 wie Schleier liegt [mein]2 Kummer Zitternd über mir. Oft im Traume hör' ich dich Rufen [draus vor meiner]3 Thür: Niemand wacht und öffnet dir, Ich erwach' und weine bitterlich. Ja ich werde sterben müssen, Eine andre wirst du küssen, Wenn ich bleich und kalt. Eh die Maienlüfte [wehen]4, Eh die Drossel singt im Wald: Willst du [mich noch einmal sehen]5, [Komm, o komme bald!]6
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann Lingg, Fünfte vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, J. G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1864, page 72. Note: modern German would change the following spelling: "Thür" -> "Tür".
1 Röhmeyer: "Und"2 Röhmeyer: "der"
3 Orff: "draus vor der"; Röhmeyer: "draußen vor der Tür"
4 Brahms: "wehn"
5 Brahms, Steuer: "mich noch einmal sehn"; Thuille: "einmal noch mich sehen"
6 Thuille: "Komme bald, o komme, komme bald!"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Lied", first published 1857 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Komme bald", op. 53 (Zwei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1880 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Lied", op. 42 (Vier zweistimmige Lieder mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1873 [ 2-part chorus or vocal duet and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 105 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 (1886), published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Dorn (1848 - 1931), "Im Traume", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 37 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 12, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline von Erdmannsdörfer-Fichtner, née Oprawill (1847 - 1916), "Immer leiser" [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Gedichte, no. 2, Berlin: Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig von Erlanger (b. 1862), "Komme bald", op. 16 no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder. Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 2, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Fischer (1849 - 1933), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 5 no. 18, published 1873 [ soprano and piano ], from Ein Liebesleben. Cyclus von Gesängen für 2 Singstimmen (Sopran und Tenor) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 18, Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 22 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Hille (1822 - 1891), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "O komme bald", op. 129 (Zwölf Gesänge für Altstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1867 [ alto and piano ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Komme bald!", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published 1865 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert von Hornstein (1833 - 1890), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1878 [ high voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Kröner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 24 no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Albumblätter für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Liebe (1819 - 1900), "Komm bald", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Cassel: Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Liliencron , "Lied", op. 5 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 8 no. 2 (1911) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 2 no. 6 (1888-9), published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Koblenz, A. Metzger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolph, Freiherr von Procházka (1864 - 1936), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 11 (Sieben Lieder und Gesänge und Ode) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Röhmeyer (1869 - 1944), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 5 (12 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dieckmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Sachs (1830 - 1887), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 108 (Vier Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1889 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Bremen, Fischer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Sakolowski (1872 - 1913), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstime mit Pianoforte , no. 1, Leipzig, Salzer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Schmitt (1835 - 1907), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 37 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Spangenberg (1861 - ?), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kiesler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Steuer (1831 - 1895), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 32 (Fünf Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Nürnberg, Schmid [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", AV 166 (1880), note: fragment. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Sulzer , "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Die Verlassene", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Todesahnung", op. 222 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 2, published <<1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", op. 22 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wüllner (1832 - 1902), "Lied", op. 4 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer", 1927 [ soprano and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My slumber grows ever more peaceful", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il mio sonno diventa sempre più leggero", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (unknown or anonymous translator) , "Mi reposo se hace más y más quedo", written 2009
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 70
Il mio sonno diventa sempre più leggero
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)
Il mio sonno diventa sempre più leggero, e il mio dolore sembra posarsi come un velo, sopra di me, fluttuando. Spesso mi sembra in sogno di sentire Te che fuori dalla porta mi stai chiamando. Nessuno veglia e viene ad aprire, Io mi sveglio e amaramente piango. Sì, io dovrò presto morire, e un'altra donna ti toccherà baciare, quando avrò il volto pallido e freddo. Prima che spirino le brezze di Maggio, prima che nel bosco torni a cantare il tordo: se vuoi vedermi ancora una volta, allora affrettati, e da me ritorna!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Lied", first published 1857
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 93